Edgar Dobie News

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has revealed the promotions of two of its senior leaders, Shonali Burke and Ryan E. Merkel, effective July 1, 2023.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has revealed the principal cast for its fall/winter 2023 production of Swept Away. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets!

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for Cambodian Rock Band. See who is starring, and learn how to purchase tickets!

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announced that Catherine Guttman-McCabe was unanimously approved by the company's Board of Trustees to lead the organization as its newly appointed Board Chair, beginning May 1, 2023.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has announced that its Board of Trustees has unanimously selected Hana Sharif, Augustin Family Artistic Director of The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, as its next Artistic Director. She will succeed Molly Smith, who is retiring at the end of June after 25 years with the company.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, part of the 2022-2023 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series, presents DEAR EVAN HANSEN, May 2-7, 2023, on stage at the Benedum Center, 237 7th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. 

 Dear Evan Hansen producer Stacey Mindich has announced complete casting for year four of the Tony Award-winning musical's critically-acclaimed, record-breaking North American Tour. 

A seismic theatrical jolt shot through the theatre world this past Thursday evening when a startling, radically deconstructed production of Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches opened at the Arena Stage; this interpretation grabs you like a “fever-dream” of the mind.  As soon as I walked in to see this interpretation of this classic play of the American canon, a distinctly European sensibility took hold, and I noticed the chandeliers were all covers in heavy tarp/sheeting and the Angel was raking the theatre-in -the -round stage while moving gradations of sand around an inner circle.  This Angel appears with some frequency in this interpretation and we are reminded that there “are” angels in America ---perhaps we do not need be ruled by the crazed politics that divide us.  We can choose to fight our biases and preconceptions.

Blockbuster Broadway musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN is coming to the Mary W. Sommervold Hall at the Washington Pavilion for eight performances April 18–23, 2023.

The American Theatre Guild is thrilled to present the record-breaking North American Tour of the Tony Award®-Winning Best Musical, DEAR EVAN HANSEN. This production is part of the BROADWAY IN SOUTH BEND SERIES and will take the Morris Performing Arts Center stage April 25–30, 2023.

Arena Stage has announced its 74th season. The upcoming subscription season will feature two original musicals, an acclaimed play with music, an uproarious comedy, Arena’s 11th Power Play, and a return by audience-favorite Step Afrika!.

The American Theatre Guild will present the record-breaking North American Tour of the Tony Award-Winning Best Musical, DEAR EVAN HANSEN. This production is part of the BROADWAY AT THE BUDDY HOLLY HALL SERIES and will take The Buddy Holly Hall stage April 4–9, 2023.

Complete casting for year four of the Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen's critically-acclaimed, record-breaking North American Tour.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has announced a two-week extension of Ride the Cyclone, now playing through through March 5, 2023, to meet audience demand.

Playhouse Square has announced that individual tickets for Dear Evan Hansen will go on sale Friday, January 27. Tickets will be available online at playhousesquare.org or by phone at 216-241-6000.

Single tickets for the Toledo premiere of DEAR EVAN HANSEN will go on sale Monday, January 16 at 10 a.m. This production is part of the 22-23 BROADWAY IN TOLEDO SERIES and will take the Stranahan Theater stage for eight performances June 13–18, 2023.

how are things going regionally? This week, Cara Joy David takes a look at what bumpy waters might be ahead for these large regional companies. Additionally, stories of troubling trends on who is leaving the field - women of color, directors in the UK - and theaters adjusting their leadership models as they step into an unknown future.

Theater folks in New York tend to be focused on what is happening in New York. But theaters all across the country -- the professional regional theaters, the community theaters, the commercial houses -- are part of the same theater ecosystem that New York theaters are part of.

The American Theatre Guild has announced that single tickets for the Peoria premiere of DEAR EVAN HANSEN will go on sale Monday, January 9 at 10:00 a.m. This production is part of the AMEREN ILLINOIS BROADWAY IN PEORIA SERIES and will take the stage at the Peoria Civic Center for eight performances May 30– June 4, 2023.

The American Theatre Guild has announced that single tickets for the South Bend premiere of DEAR EVAN HANSEN will go on sale Friday, December 16 at 10 a.m. This production is part of the BROADWAY IN SOUTH BEND SERIES and will take the Morris Performing Arts Center stage for eight performances April 25-30, 2023.